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Dates & time · London sunrise and sunset

Sunset and sunrise times in London today

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in London at 16:37 GMT and it is dark (civil twilight ends) by 17:12. Sunrise is at 06:50 GMT, so there are 9 h 47 m of daylight, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

Worked out for London (51.5074° N, 0.1278° W) with the NOAA solar calculator equations. All UK towns: UK sunset times.

16:37sunset in London on Friday 30 October 2026 (GMT)Dark by about 17:12

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Result

Sunset16:37 GMT
Dark by about17:12 GMT
Sunrise06:50 GMT
Day length9 h 47 m

London, Friday 30 October 2026: sunset 16:37 GMT, dark by about 17:12 GMT, sunrise 06:50 GMT, day length 9 h 47 m.

Friday 30 October 2026

Twilight times in London

Light lasts from civil dawn at 06:15 GMT to civil dusk at 17:12 GMT. The sky is fully dark after astronomical dusk at 18:30 GMT.

London, Friday 30 October 2026, UK clock time
MomentTime
Astronomical dawn (Sun 18° below)04:57 GMT
Nautical dawn (12° below)05:36 GMT
Civil dawn: first light (6° below)06:15 GMT
Sunrise06:50 GMT
Sunset16:37 GMT
Civil dusk: dark by about (6° below)17:12 GMT
Nautical dusk (12° below)17:51 GMT
Astronomical dusk: fully dark (18° below)18:30 GMT

Next 30 days

London sunrise and sunset times from 30 October to 28 November

Day length goes from 9 h 47 m to 8 h 18 m over these 30 days.

London, UK clock time
DateSunriseSunsetDark by aboutDay length
Fri 30 Oct06:50 GMT16:37 GMT17:129 h 47 m
Sat 31 Oct06:52 GMT16:35 GMT17:109 h 43 m
Sun 1 Nov06:54 GMT16:33 GMT17:099 h 39 m
Mon 2 Nov06:56 GMT16:32 GMT17:079 h 36 m
Tue 3 Nov06:57 GMT16:30 GMT17:059 h 33 m
Wed 4 Nov06:59 GMT16:28 GMT17:049 h 29 m
Thu 5 Nov07:01 GMT16:26 GMT17:029 h 25 m
Fri 6 Nov07:03 GMT16:25 GMT17:019 h 22 m
Sat 7 Nov07:04 GMT16:23 GMT16:599 h 19 m
Sun 8 Nov07:06 GMT16:22 GMT16:589 h 16 m
Mon 9 Nov07:08 GMT16:20 GMT16:569 h 12 m
Tue 10 Nov07:10 GMT16:18 GMT16:559 h 08 m
Wed 11 Nov07:11 GMT16:17 GMT16:539 h 06 m
Thu 12 Nov07:13 GMT16:15 GMT16:529 h 02 m
Fri 13 Nov07:15 GMT16:14 GMT16:518 h 59 m
Sat 14 Nov07:17 GMT16:13 GMT16:498 h 56 m
Sun 15 Nov07:18 GMT16:11 GMT16:488 h 53 m
Mon 16 Nov07:20 GMT16:10 GMT16:478 h 50 m
Tue 17 Nov07:22 GMT16:09 GMT16:468 h 47 m
Wed 18 Nov07:24 GMT16:07 GMT16:458 h 43 m
Thu 19 Nov07:25 GMT16:06 GMT16:448 h 41 m
Fri 20 Nov07:27 GMT16:05 GMT16:438 h 38 m
Sat 21 Nov07:28 GMT16:04 GMT16:428 h 36 m
Sun 22 Nov07:30 GMT16:03 GMT16:418 h 33 m
Mon 23 Nov07:32 GMT16:02 GMT16:408 h 30 m
Tue 24 Nov07:33 GMT16:01 GMT16:398 h 28 m
Wed 25 Nov07:35 GMT16:00 GMT16:388 h 25 m
Thu 26 Nov07:36 GMT15:59 GMT16:378 h 23 m
Fri 27 Nov07:38 GMT15:58 GMT16:368 h 20 m
Sat 28 Nov07:39 GMT15:57 GMT16:368 h 18 m

Dates ahead

Sunset in London on key dates

The earliest sunset of the year in London is on Saturday 12 December 2026 at 15:51 GMT, a few days before the shortest day.

DateOccasionSunriseSunsetDark by about
Saturday 31 October 2026Halloween06:52 GMT16:35 GMT17:10
Thursday 5 November 2026Bonfire Night07:01 GMT16:26 GMT17:02
Sunday 8 November 2026Remembrance Sunday07:06 GMT16:22 GMT16:58
Saturday 12 December 2026Earliest sunset of 202607:57 GMT15:51 GMT16:31
Monday 21 December 2026Shortest day (winter solstice)08:04 GMT15:53 GMT16:34
Friday 25 December 2026Christmas Day08:05 GMT15:56 GMT16:36
Sunday 28 March 2027Clocks go forward06:46 BST19:27 BST20:00

Compared

How London compares with Edinburgh and nearby towns

London’s sunset today is at the same minute as Edinburgh’s (16:37) and its sunrise 25 minutes earlier than Edinburgh’s (07:15). On the shortest day, Monday 21 December 2026, London gets 7 h 49 m of daylight against 6 h 58 m in Edinburgh.

Friday 30 October 2026
TownDistanceSunriseSunsetDay length
London–06:5016:379 h 47 m
Brighton76 km06:4916:399 h 50 m
Cambridge79 km06:5116:349 h 43 m
Oxford83 km06:5516:419 h 46 m

Places further west see the sun rise and set later by the clock (about 4 minutes for each degree of longitude), and places further north have shorter winter days and longer summer ones. Every UK town is on the same clock: GMT in winter and BST from the last Sunday in March (GOV.UK).

Method

How these times are worked out

Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun crosses a flat horizon, allowing for refraction. “Dark by about” is the end of civil twilight, with the Sun 6° below the horizon. Times are rounded to the minute for the city centre; hills, buildings and cloud change what you see. The same equations give London and Edinburgh times within 2 minutes of the US Naval Observatory tables. Coordinates: the clocks page’s nine cities, or each town’s primary coordinates on English Wikipedia.

Other cities

Sunrise and sunset in other UK cities

Birmingham · Manchester · Leeds · Glasgow · Edinburgh · Liverpool · Hull · Sheffield · Cardiff · Belfast · Newcastle · Nottingham · Leicester · Southampton · Aberdeen · Plymouth · Norwich · Cambridge · Oxford · York · Inverness · Swansea · Brighton · Exeter

Helpful answers

London sunset FAQs.

What time is sunset in London today?

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in London at 16:37 GMT, and it is dark by about 17:12 when civil twilight ends. The picker on this page shows the time for any other date.

When is the earliest sunset in London?

On Saturday 12 December 2026, at 15:51 GMT. Sunsets then get later, even before the shortest day on 21 December, because solar noon drifts later through December.

How long is the shortest day in London?

7 h 49 m on Monday 21 December 2026: sunrise 08:04 and sunset 15:53 GMT, against 6 h 58 m in Edinburgh.

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